by MBC News | Mar 16, 2017
The La Loche RCMP detachment is part of the RCMP’s northern district. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. The new RCMP superintendent for northern Saskatchewan likes what he sees when it comes to communities taking ownership of policing in the north. Supt. Larry Wilson...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2017
Northlands College. Photo courtesy saskatchewan.ca Emotions are running high this week for current students, faculty, and past graduates of the Northern Teacher Education Program and Northern Professional Access College programs. This comes after the province...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2017
Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde went back in time today as he examined the only known First Nations artifact depicting the signing of Treaty 4, 143 years ago. Bellegarde made a stop at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Regina where he...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2017
Photo courtesy of City of Saskatoon The Saskatoon Tribal Council and City of Saskatoon are one step closer to signing an agreement for green power generation. A committee of city councilors says Saskatoon should prepare a Memorandum of Understanding with STC, which...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2017
Marlene Bird and her partner Patrick Lavallee. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A psychiatrist who has assessed thousands of offenders across Canada says the circumstances surrounding the attempted murder of Marlene Bird are unlike anything he’s ever heard. Dr. Shaberham...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2017
Delores Stevenson holds a photo of family member Nadine Machiskinic An inquest into the death of a Regina woman who fell ten stories to her death down a hotel laundry chute will be held beginning March 27th. 29-year-old Nadine Machiskinic died in January of 2015....
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2017
Photo courtesy Manfred Joehnck The program known as NORTEP has been around for 40 years and it has been successful graduating about 500 teachers, most of whom are still teaching in the north. However, the minister says there was a lot of duplication of services....
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2017
Murder victim Mark Clarence Michel. Photo courtesy Facebook. The Crown has announced plans to seek an adult sentence for the youth accused of a murder in Pelican Narrows that took place last month. Three other males, all adults, are also accused of killing 16-year-old...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2017
Photo courtesy of Dean Bear A Saskatchewan First Nation is using a model from a neighboring city to help deal with social issues and at risk individuals in their community. Last March, the Muskoday First Nation implemented the Muskoday Intervention Circle (MIC) as a...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2017
Zoey Roy, Kendal Netmaker and AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde are set to speak at WE Day. Photo courtesy we.org Indigenous role models are taking the stage at WE Day in Saskatoon to speak in front of more than 15,000 young people. The annual event rewards school...
